Emily cooper



(No Model.) E. COOPER.

BELT.

N0. 554,478. Patented Feb. 11, 1896.

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ATENT OFFICE.

EMILY COOPER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,478, dated February11, 1896.

Application filed June 15, 1895. Serial No. 552,874. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILY COOPER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my present invention is to provide a neat,durable, convenient, efficient, and comparatively inexpensivecombinationand arrangement of parts whereby accidental separation of abelt and the back portion of a skirt-band or of a shirt, blouse, orother waist orboth is avoided; and to this end my invention consists ofthe improvements hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawin gs, forming part hereof, and inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a belt, showing my improvementsin application thereto; and Fig. 2 is a sectional View drawn to anenlarged scale and taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 is a belt, which may be of silk or satin ribbon orwebbing or of any other material suitable or appropriate for thepurpose.

2 is a safety-pin of the usual or of any preferred type located upon theinside of the back or other portion of the belt 1 and disposedpreferably intermediate of its top and bottom edges or margins, asshown.

3 is a stiffener of leather or other desired material stitched or sewedat its top and bottom edges, as 4, to the corresponding margins of thebelt 1. Obviously this stitching or sewing may be done at a factory, orthe parts, except the belt, may be put or fitted together, in a mannerto be presently described, at the factory, in which case the belt couldbe sewed onto the stiffener by the user or purchaser. As illustrated,this stiffener 3 is not quite as wide as the belt 1, so that it may bejoined thereto by stitches that pass over its edges.

Moreover, this stiffener 3 extends beyond the ends of the pin 2, asshown at 5, and consequently protects the belt from injury.

6 is a knuckle that encompasses the bar or back rod 7 of the safety-pin2, and thus so supports or hinges thelatter as that it may be turned forpurposes of insertion and use.

8 are rivets or clips attached to the shank of the knuckle (5 andpenetrating the stiffener 3 and concealed by the belt 1, as shown inFig. 2.

In use the pin 2 is inserted into the skirtband or waist or both, andthe belt is fastened in the usual manner. Under these circumstancesaccidental separation of the garments is prevented and neatness ofappearance insured. Moreover, the stiffener 3, while itself concealed,serves to prevent wrinkling of the belt, affords means for supportingthe knuckle 6 and pin 2 in such manner that the fastenings 8 areconcealed, and also protects the belt from accidental injury from theends of the pin.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my inventionrelates that modifications may be made in details without departing fromthe spirit thereof. Hence I do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction and arrangement of parts herein set forth and illustratedin the accompanying drawings; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with, a belt and a safety pin and its complementalknuckle in which the bar of the pin is hinged, of a stiffener carryingsaid knuckle and attached at its edges to the margins of the belt andextending in rear of and beyond the ends of the pin to conceal the sameand protect the belt, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

EMILY COOPER. In presence of- K. M. GILLIGAN, A. B. STOUGHTON.

